Premodifiers in English : Their Structure and Significance
by
Jim Feist
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studies in English Language
ISBN-10
110765484X
ISBN-13
9781107654846
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 17th, 2014
Print length
290 Pages
Weight
428 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.90 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Grammar, syntax & morphologyGrammar, syntax and morphology
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The order and behaviour of the premodifier (an adjective, or other modifying word that appears before a noun) has long been a puzzle to syntacticians and semanticists. This book synthesises research into premodifiers and provides a new explanation of their behaviour, order and use.
The order and behaviour of the premodifier (an adjective, or other modifying word that appears before a noun) has long been a puzzle to syntacticians and semanticists. Why can we say 'the actual red ball', but not 'the red actual ball'? And why, conversely, do some other premodifiers have free variation in sentences; for example we can say both 'German and English speakers' and 'English and German speakers'? Why do some premodifiers change the meaning of a phrase in some contexts; for example 'young man', can mean 'boyfriend', rather than 'man who is young'? Drawing on a corpus of over 4,000 examples of English premodifiers from a range of genres such as advertising, fiction and scientific texts, and across several varieties of English, this book synthesises research into premodifiers and provides a new explanation of their behaviour, order and use.
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